Small Banks Fail At A Growing Rate, Straining F.d.i.c.

By ERIC DASH, New York Times
Sat, 10/10/2009 - 9:50am

A year after the rescue of the financial institutions considered too big to fail, smaller ones are approaching a grim milestone: the 100th failure of 2009.

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Topics: 100th failure of 2009 bank bailout bank failures fail fdic financial industry milestone small banks straining fdic

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